gnaw

Example Sentences

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It is the three mistakes leading to a goal - the highest in the league - which will gnaw away, though.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

Outside, beavers gnaw at the vegetation around the chilly waters.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2024

While beetles gnaw away and burrow through the phloem under the trees' bark, the much smaller, flightless adelgid sucks out the trees' fluids and leaves behind a toxic saliva.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2024

Only this time, instead of letting the anxiety gnaw at her confidence, she accepted its presence, took a deep breath, and put on the kind of show that is hers and hers alone.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2023

No doubt he was still thinking about the possibility of a bone, for he dearly loved to gnaw.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood